Eat an egg. No offense meant to carrots, but research shows eggs are an even
better source of the eye-friendly antioxidants known as carotenoids. Lutein and
zeaxanthin are the crucial carotenoids for vision - the only ones that benefit
the retina's fragile macula, which is responsible for central vision. Eggs don't
contain as much lutein and zeaxanthin as dark green, leafy veggies, but your
body is better able to absorb the antioxidants in eggs, says nutritional
biochemist Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, at Tufts University. Worried about
cholesterol? Don't be: Eating an egg a day increases blood levels of lutein (by
26%) and zeaxanthin (by 38%) without raising cholesterol or triglyceride levels.

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Macular degeneration, often called AMD or ARMD (age-related macular
degeneration), is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness in Americans
aged 65 and older. Because older people represent an increasingly larger
percentage of the general population, vision loss associated with AMD is a
growing problem.

AMD occurs with degeneration of the macula, which is the part of the retina
responsible for the sharp, central vision needed to read or drive. Because the
macula primarily is affected in AMD, central vision loss may occur.

Archives of Ophthalmology in 2004 estimated that 1.75 million U.S.
residents now have significant symptoms associated with age-related macular
degeneration, with that number expected to grow to almost 3 million by 2020.

A drug commonly used to slow the loss of central vision has shown promise in
stemming a common precursor of blindness in diabetics, which involves the same
central light-sensitive area of retina, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute
scientists report. Over the course of several months of therapy, every patient
in the preliminary Hopkins study could read at least two more lines on the
standard eye chart and the thickness of the patients maculae, the central part
of the retina responsible for seeing fine details, decreased an average of 85
percent.